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1 Do Now: How would you describe the 1920’s ?

2 U.S. II Ch 13

3 Discussion: Do differences exist today between urban & rural lifestyles? Why/Why Not. Explain.

4 Section 1: Changing ways in life Rural & Urban difference New Urban Scene: Theater & Vaudville, discussions, accomplishments, sinful acts tolerated City: Strangers, frightening, & fast paced

5 Prohibition Experiment Prohibition: Manufacture, sale, & transport Reformers: Cause of Corruption Church Affiliations: Anti-Saloon & WCTU After WWI: Sacrifices & Immigrants Enforcement: Volstead Act, Budget, & Employees Speakeasies & bootleggers Org. Crime: Al Capone

6 Science & Religion Fundamentalism: Charles Darwin Revivalist: Billy Sunday & Aimee Semple McPherson Scopes Trial: ACLU, John T. Scopes, Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan, & effects

7 Discussion Do you think the theory of evolution be discussed in public schools? Why/Why Not Explain. Where do you draw the line when it comes to religion & schools? Explain

8 Ch 13.2 The Twenties Woman

9 Discussion: Why do younger people’s attitudes towards life differ from those of the preceding generation? Explain.

10 Young Women Change the Rules Flapper: Outfit, Hair, Attitude, Behavior, Dances, & Marriage Double Standard: Casual Dating New Work Opportunities: “women’s profession” Changing Family: Birth Control, Public Agencies, Marriage, & Home

11 Discussion: “Equality in the workplace would be harder for women to achieve than the vote.” Agree/Disagree. Explain Do women today face the same barriers that the women in the 1920’s did? Why/Why Not. Explain.

12 Ch 13.3 Education & Popular Culture

13 Discussion What makes someone a hero? Name 3 individuals who you consider to be a modern hero & Why? Do you think the heroes of the 1920’s would be considered heroes today? Why/Why Not. Explain.

14 Schools & Mass Media School Enrollment Mass Media: Newspaper, Readers Digest (1922) & Time (1923) Radio: New Terms, KDKA, & Info

15 New Heroes Pastimes: Crossword puzzle & mahjong 1922: King Tut discovery Flagpole sitting & dance marathon Charles Lindbergh: 1 st nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Amelia Earhart Sports Figures: Rube, Babe Ruth, & etc.

16 Entertainment & the Arts “Jazz Singer” 1927 “Steamboat Willie” 1928 Eugene O’Neill: “The Hairy Ape” George Gershwin: Music Composer Edward Hopper: Painter Georgia O’Keeffe: Painter

17 Writers of the 1920’s Sinclair Lewis: “Babbitt” F. Scott Fitzgerald: “The Great Gatsby” Dorothy Parker Edith Wharton: “The Age of Innocence” Willa Carter: “My Antonia” Edna St. Vincent Millay T.S. Elliot: “The Waste Land” John Dos Passos: “Three Soldiers” Ernest Hemingway: “The Sun also Rises”

18 Ch 13.4 The Harlem Renaissance

19 Afr. Amer. Voices of the 1920’s Great Migration Goals: NAACP, WEB Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, Anti-lynching Marcus Garvey & UNIA: Beliefs, supporters, & decline Harlem, NYC Harlem Renaissance

20 Afr. Amer. Writers Alain Locke: “The New Negro” Claude Mc Kay: “Cane” Langston Hughes: Poet

21 Afr. Amer. Performers “Shuffle Along” : Musical Singers: Florence Mills, Josephine Baker, Mabel Mercer Roland Hayes: concert singer Ethel Waters: “Africana” Paul Robeson: “Othello”

22 Afr. Amer & Jazz Jazz: ragtime & blues Joe “King” Olivers & Creole Jazz Band Louis Armstrong Cotton Club: Nightclub Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington Cab Calloway: “Scat” Bessie Smith: Blues Singer


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